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The Istituto Europeo di Formazione e Consulenza Sistemica(European Institute for Systemic Training and Consultancy) is an official school of the Centro Studi di Terapia Familiare e Relazionale, one of the oldest schools of Family Psychotherapy in Italy, officially recognized by the Ministry of Universities and Scientific Research (decree of October 7th 1994).

The Institute, founded and directed by Luigi Cancrini, Maurizio Coletti and Luigi Onnis, places itself firmly within the most important tradition of systemic theory. At the same time, however, it aims to collect together ideas springing from recent developments (theoretical and clinical) in the context of family therapy, particularly in Europe, and to accept the scientific and clinical work of other branches of psycho-therapeutic culture and practice. In this sense, the Institute sees itself as active in the cultural and continuing education debate, and as a participant in research into the systemic field within both Italy and Europe. Indeed, it has established collaborative relationships and productive interchanges with the major Centres and Institutes in other European Countries.

The I.E.F.Co.S. is an affiliated member (with the denomination of "sponsor") of E.F.T.A. (the European Family Therapy Association); the training Director of the Institute is actually Honorary President of E.F.T.A. At the same time, the Institute maintains regular contact with important American experts in the systemic field, including some real pioneers of family therapy such as Salvador Minuchin (Director of Family Studies Inc., New York), Carlos Sluzki (now in Washington DC, ex-Director of the MRI - Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, CA), Howard A. Liddle (Director of the CTRADA (Centre for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Miami FL). M. Duncan Stanton (School of Professional Psychology and Social Service at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky). Within Italy, I.E.F.Co.S. occupies a prominent position in the context of systemic training and consultancy. Its training programmes are aimed at a wide range of specialists working in the public services, and accredited private services, or in those which are at least properly recognized (associated or individual clinical centers). The programmes are divided up into a variety of modules to respond to the different and specific training requirements.